About the role

  • Designing and developing lithium-ion battery systems for electric vehicles at Ford. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure safety and performance requirements are met.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for designing, developing, testing, and implementing the lithium-ion battery systems for electric vehicles.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure battery systems meet performance, safety, and cost requirements, as well as integration with the overall vehicle platform.
  • Create test plans and conduct testing and analysis of battery systems to identify and resolve any issues.
  • Work with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure high-quality battery components.
  • Create boundary diagrams and device transmittals.
  • Coordinate CAE simulations for both mechanical and thermal systems.
  • Maintain documentation and records related to battery system designs and testing results.
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest battery technology and industry trends to ensure our electric vehicles remain competitive.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
  • Experience developing products for mass production with injection molding, stamping, forging, and casting
  • Define the requirements and specifications for battery development
  • Drive battery and system design, safety, and regulatory requirements
  • Plan, coordinate and execute battery validation tests, covering various aspects such as system, safety, thermal, data, barrier, vehicle, dyno/bench, life, charging and cell performance
  • Participate in DFMEA and PFMEA activities
  • Manage external vendors and partners for testing and manufacturing
  • Main integrator of cell and electronics within the battery pack
  • Familiar with adhesives and thermal interface materials
  • Experience specifying fuses, contactors, relays, busbars and high voltage and low voltage connectors.
  • Master's Degree in Engineering (even better)
  • Hands-on experience building and launching automotive products (even better)
  • 3DX experience (even better)
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills (even better)
  • Experience using Confluence, Jira, Asana, or other project management tools (even better)
  • An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team (even better)
  • A system approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement (even better).

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Job title

Staff Battery Pack Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$146,520 - $276,600 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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